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[7Wx-Headline]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]

Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom...... we'll have one more day of pleasant weather before the heat and humidity return...
Meterologist Leo Hirsbrunner has your workweek forecast coming up right after the news...

[7-11Ringgold-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-16 TC-1:43:55]
[GRAPHIC=none]
It was one of their toughest blazes to battle- but now a Pittsylvania County fire department is rebuilding after a devastating fire...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;]
Construction on the new Ringgold fire department just off of Route 58 is half way completed.
You may remember a fire destroyed the old station and three fire trucks last December.
The new facility will house a meeting and training room, more trucks, and expanded services.
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[SOT 1:05:17]
[IN Q=We're looking at going]
((MIKE NEAL/FIRE CHIEF: WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING TRANSPORT. WE HAVE ONE TRUCK THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH NOW BUT WE'RE KEEPING THE FIRST RESPONDER. WE HAVE A NEW TRANSPORT ON THE LINE AND WHEN WE GET MOVED IN AND GET OUT TRUCKS HERE THEN WE'LL LOOK AT GOING TO TRANSPORT SERVICES IN THE AREA HERE.))
[SUPER=01-Mike Neal/Fire Chief]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=in the area here]
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[VO-NAT]
The new fire station will cost nearly 375-thousand dollars and should be up and running by September.
In the meantime, the fire department continues to work out of a nearby business with donated equipment.
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[7-11Soft-Girls]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-26 TC-26:26]
[GRAPHIC=Softball]
Thousands of people are in the Roanoke Valley this week for a major sporting event...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem;]

The valley is hosting the N-S-A girls "Class B" Fast Pitch "Softball World Series".
The tournament got underway yesterday with the opening ceremonies at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium.
For the players, the week long event is more than just about playing softball.
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[SOT 20:06:46; 20:08:48; 20:09:28]
[IN Q=It's just exciting]
((MARIA DOOLEY/ROANOKE PLAYER: IT'S EXCITING AND FUN. AND YOU GET TO MEET SO MANY NEW PEOPLE AND GET TO HANG OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS ON THE SOFTBALL TEAM.))
((KAYLA GERHART/PENNSYLVANIA PLAYER: IT'S DIFFERENT CAUSE LAST YEAR WE WERE IN NORTH CAROLINA SO IT IS LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM PENNSYLVANIA LIKE THE DIFFERENT ACCENTS AND MEETING DIFFERENT PEOPLE SO IT'S FUN.))
((TAWNA DANGER/FLORIDA PLAYER: VERY EXCITED, NOT EVEN NERVOUS. WE'VE COME TO WIN.))
[SUPER=01-Maria Dooley/Roanoke Player; :00]
[SUPER=01-Kayla Gerhart/Pennsylvania Player; :07]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=we've come to win]
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[VO-NAT]

Three hundred teams and nearly 20-thousand spectators are expected for this year's world series.
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[7-11Salem-Fair]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-19 TC-1:01:55]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The final weekend of the Salem Fair turned out to be a wet one...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem;]
Officials say attendance was down nearly twenty percent this weekend because of the rainy weather.
But they're still confident attendance will top 300-thousand this year making it the largest ever.
Those numbers have planners already thinking about next year.
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[SOT 19:56:48]
[IN Q=We're working on planning]
((CAREY HARVEYCUTTER: WE'RE WORKING ON PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR'S FAIR, TALKING TO CERTAIN ENTERTAINMENT ACTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BACK, LOOKING AND TALKING TO BOOKING AGENTS ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT ACTS THAT CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF SOME THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS, LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE ON THIS YEAR'S EVENT, MAKING IT BIGGER AND BETTER FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL FAIR THAT OPENS NEXT YEAR ON JULY THE 3RD.))
[SUPER=01-Carey Harveycutter/Director of Civic Facilities]
[RUNS=:20]
[OUT Q=on July the 3rd]
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[VO-NAT]

This weekend's rainy weather is not a total loss for the fair.
Each year, the fair purchases insurance to cover any losses due to the weather.
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[45-11Henry-Abduction]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A Henry County man is in custody for allegedly abducting and raping his estranged wife.
38- year old William Garrett Foster is being held without bond for allegedly abducting his wife at gunpoint Saturday night.
Investigators say this is the second time Foster has been charged with crimes against his spouse.
In April-- Foster was arrested and charged with the attempted murder and battery of his wife.

[45-11Police-Cameras]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=02-23 TC-40:21]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Botetourt County police officers now have some much needed back up.
Cameras have been added to the patrol cars- an addition that officers pushed for after Pittsylvania County Deputy Frankie Betterton was shot and killed during a traffic stop in May.
Jennifer Wishon shows us how they are helping the department.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It's more for the]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :13]
[SUPER=01-David Dillow/Botetourt Co. Deputy; :]
[SUPER=01-Ronnie Sprinkle/Botetourt Co. Sheriff; :54]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Wishon/Reporting; 1:37]
[RUNS=1:47]
[OUT Q=JW, News 7]

(([SOT 1:03:10]
[IN Q=It's more for]
((DEPUTY DAVID DILLOW: IT'S MORE FOR THE PUBLIC THAN IT IS FOR US...IT KEEPS THE OFFICERS IN LINE AS WELL AS THE EVIDENCE.))
[RUNS= 05]
[OUT Q=as the evidence]
David Dillow is a deputy for the Botetourt County Sheriff's office and he's showing off the camera in his patrol car.

The sheriff's office budgeted for the new technology that has a price tag of about 4- thousand dollars.
[SOT 1:01:48]
[IN Q=I like the]
((DEPUTY DAVID DILLOW: I LIKE THE CAMERA-- EVERYTHING I DO IS RECORDED. AS LONG AS I DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE I'M FINE.))
[RUNS= 05]
[OUT Q=mistake I'm fine]
Any time the emergency lights are activated, (video of lights) the camera starts recording every move the deputy or his subject makes.
[SOT 59:17]
[IN Q=Sir I need your]
((SIR I NEED YOUR LICENSE AND REGISTRATION))
[OUT Q=and registration]
And the end result can prove very helpful in court.
[SOT 1:01:01]
[IN Q=The major difference]
((DEPUTY DAVID DILLOW: THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS WITH DUI RELATED INCIDENTS. YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE RIGHT OFF THE BAT AS SOON AS YOU GET BEHIND THE VEHICLE THE EVIDENCE BEGINS. WHEN YOU GO TO COURT YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE...IT'S NOT JUST YOUR WORD AGAINST THEIRS.))
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[OUT Q=word against their's]
Botetourt County Sheriff Ronnie Sprinkle agrees.
[SOT 01:09:45]
[IN Q=A lot of times]
((SHERIFF RONNIE SPRINKLE: A LOT OF TIMES IF AN ATTORNEY KNOWS YOU HAVE A TAPE OF HIS SUSPECT THEN THEY WON'T CONTEST THE TAPE.))
[RUNS= 05]
[OUT Q=contest the tape]
Deputies also wear microphones... so when an officer enters a building or is out of the camera's eye his conversations are still recorded.
[SOT 01:04:32]
((NATS OF DEPUTY DILLOW TALKING))
About half of the County's 24 squad cars are already equipped with cameras.
Sheriff Sprinkle is hoping the cameras will make the officer's better at what they do.
[SOT 01:13:21]
[IN Q=We had one]
((SHERIFF RONNIE SPRINKLE: WE HAD ONE TO MAKE A FELONY STOP THE OTHER NIGHT--WE DID SEE SOME THINGS IN THE STOP WE DIDN'T LIKE...WE PULLED HIM IN AND SHOWED HIM WHAT WE DIDN'T LIKE.))
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[OUT Q=we didn't like]
[SOT]
[IN Q=In fact, every]
((JENNIFER WISHON/REPORTING: IN FACT EVERY TRAFFIC STOP IS REVIEWED... AND THERE'S NO CHANCE OF AN OFFICER ALTERING THE TAPES BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCKED UP IN THE TRUNK. JENNIFER WISHON, NEWS 7.))
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[OUT Q=JW, News 7]))

[8Wx-Headline]

Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
Our run of mild temperatures ends today-- with highs climbing back in the 90s later this week.
Metereologist Leo Hirsbrunner has details, coming up.

[8-11YWCA]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-04 TC-1:52:48]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[!!!ANCHOR TAG!!!]
A program at Roanoke's Y-W-C-A allows some special children to dive into life.
But this activity for kids with mental and physical disabilities is having a hard time staying afloat.
Justin McLeod explains how you can help save the program.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :04]
[SUPER=01-Kim Simms/Physical Therapist; :19]
[SUPER=@justin1; :41]
[SUPER=01-Paula Jones/YWCA Executive Director; 1:06]
[SUPER=01-Russ Harbugh/Father; 1:25]
[RUNS=1:38]
[OUT Q=JM, News 7, Roanoke]
((((NAT SOUND OF KIDS IN POOL))
This is a place where no matter how much you try you can't wash away these smiles.
[SOT 20:36:32]
[IN Q=It's a mircale]
((RUSS HARBUGH/FATHER: IT'S A MIRACLE. IT'S A MIRACLE.))
[Runs= 02]
[OUT Q=It's a miracle]

A miracle thanks to the Kids Special Situations Program or KISS as it's commonly known.
It's a program that helps kids with mental and physical disabilities.
[SOT 20:31:29]
[IN Q=We've had children]
((KIM SIMMS/PHYSICAL THERAPIST: WE'VE HAD CHILDREN HERE THAT DID NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH ANYBODY WHEN THEY FIRST CAME INTO THE POOL.))
[Runs= 05]
[OUT Q=into the pool]

That's pretty significant when you consider most of these kids need assistance just to walk.
So twice a week they come here to the YWCA in Roanoke for therapy.
The pool allows these kids to move freely, and within time they sharpen their physical as well as their social skills.
[SOT 20:38:28]
[IN Q=It costs nearly 16,000]
((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: IT COSTS NEARLY 16-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO PUT ON THIS PROGRAM. ALL OF THAT FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR, ON THE STATE, LOCAL, AND FEDERAL LEVEL HAS BEEN CUT. THAT IS WHY THE COMING MONTHS WILL BE CRITICAL AS TO WHETHER THIS PROGRAM STAYS OR GOES.))
[Runs= 13]
[OUT Q=stays or goes]
((QUICK NAT SOUND OF KIDS IN THE POOL))
In response to the money crunch, the YWCA plans to hold several fundraisers in the coming months.
First up? A swimathon.
[SOT 20:35:05]
[IN Q=I would encourage everyone]
((PAULA JONES/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF YWCA: I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JUST BE PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AND HELP US, HELP US TO CONTINUE TO SERVE A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.))
[Runs= 07]
[OUT Q=in our community]

It is a need that is currently used by just eight kids.
The "Y" hopes increased participation, a slight rise in program fees, and help from the community will keep this program from going under.
[SOT 20:37:10]
[IN Q=I think you have to see]
((RUSS HARBUGH/FATHER: I THINK YOU HAVE TO SEE THESE KIDS AND THE EFFECT IT HAS ON THEM BUT IT IS MONEY WELL WORTH IT, WELL SPENT.))
[Runs= 06]
[OUT Q=well spent]

An investment that will keep these kids afloat for many years to come. (SHOT AT 20:26:38)
Justin McLeod, News 7, Roanoke.))
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[TAKE SWIM A THON #1000 FS]

If you would like to take part in the swimathon, you can call 540-345-9922.
It takes place from Friday July 26th to Sunday July 28th.
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